redbug

Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.

Noun

  1. Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae of true bugs.
    • Atticus paused, watching me locate an elusive redbug on my leg. "Gentle breeding," he continued, when I had found and scratched it,.... - 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia,...

Origin

From red + bug.

Forms

redbugs